Deepwater HorizonNatural Resource Damage Assessment &

RestorationTrustee Council

Annual Public Meeting

June 6, 2019

• Welcome and Introduction

• Trustee Council Update

• Restoration Area Updates

• Your Comments

DOI EPA NOAA USDA

Mary Josie Blanchard

Mary Kay Lynch ChrisDoley

Homer Wilkes

Florida Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Texas

Gareth Leonard

Chris Blankenship

GaryRikard

Bren Haase

Robin Riechers

Trustee CouncilUpdate

APRIL 2017-2031Trustees Release Reports & Receive

Payments of Settlement Funds Every April

APRIL 2010Oil Spill

APRIL 2011$1B Early

Restoration Agreement

w/ BP

Early Restoration

APRIL 2016Settlement Adds $7.8B in Natural Resource Damages

TodayJUNE 2019

TexasTrustees for

Texas

Federal Trustees

LouisianaTrustees for Louisiana

Federal Trustees

MississippiTrustee for Mississippi

Federal Trustees

AlabamaTrustees for

Alabama

Federal Trustees

FloridaTrustees for

Florida

Federal Trustees

Region-wide

All Trustees

Open OceanFederal Trustees

Trustee Implementation Groups

Source: Programmatic Restoration Plan

• Implementing similar restoration type projects across broad geographies

• Coordinating across and leveraging funding sources to maximize Gulf ecosystem restoration

• Working with local experts to benefit resources and the services they provide (e.g., with commercial & recreational fishermen)

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Monitoring & Adaptive Management (MAM)

• Continuing to develop project-level guidelines for the Monitoring & Adaptive Management Manual

• Supporting programmatic evaluation efforts across TIGs and Restoration Types

• Continuing to develop DIVER database structure for restoration monitoring data

Restoration AreaUpdates

AlabamaRestoration Area

• Committed approximately $162 million for projects and planning activities as of May 2019.

• The total allocation is $295 million.

• Released the Final Alabama TIG Restoration Plan II (Ecological Restoration) in Fall 2018

• Issued a solicitation for project ideas in December 2018 for the drafting of a third Restoration Plan

• Continued implementation and monitoring of projects

• Also known as Share the Beach

• AL TIG Provided funding to the Alabama Coastal Foundation, the new home for Share the Beach

• Program provides important nest stewardship and data collection, which directly increases sea turtle hatchling survival and informs Gulf-wide data collection efforts

• Continue implementation and monitoring of projects

• Draft Restoration Plan III to consider restoration of injury to Birds and to Provide and Enhance Recreational Opportunities

• Annual Meeting of AL TIG summer/fall 2019

FloridaRestoration Area

• Committed just over $200 million for projects and planning activities as of May 2019.

• The total allocation is $680 million.

• Continued implementation and monitoring of Early Restoration projects

• Released Final Restoration Plan 1 and Environmental Assessment in March 2019

• Initiated restoration planning for the third phase of the Phase V Florida Coastal Access Project in April 2019

• Provide and enhance recreational opportunities in the FL Panhandle through the creation of artificial reefs in state waters.

• Budget: ~ $11.5 million.

• 1,773 artificial reef modules deployed in the permitted areas as of December 2018.

• Reefs will be monitored for biological and recreational use for a minimum of three years.

• Continue implementation and monitoring of Early Restoration projects

• Begin implementation of Final Restoration Plan 1 and Environmental Assessment projects

• Release draft of the restoration plan for the third phase of Phase V the Florida Coastal Access Project for public review and comment

• Initiate restoration planning for Restoration Plan 2

LouisianaRestoration Area

• Committed approximately $460 million for projects and planning activities as of May 2019.

• The total allocation is $5 billion.

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Restoration Plan #1 - Phase II Plan(s)• Final Queen Bess Island Restoration Plan

Restoration Plan #2• Draft Supplemental RP for Lake Charles Science

Center and Educational Complex

Early Restoration • Continue restoration project implementation and monitoring

Restoration Plan #1

• Develop Phase II Draft RPs: Lake Borgne MC, Spanish Pass MC, Terrebonne MC, Rabbit Island, & Jean Lafitte Shoreline Protection Projects

• Construction of Queen Bess Island project

Restoration Plan #2 • Finalize RP for Lake Charles Science Center and Educational Complex

Strategic Restoration Plan #3• Develop Phase II RPs: MBSD, Large-Scale Marsh Creation in Barataria Basin, and Barataria

Basin Marsh Creation

Strategic Restoration Plan #3• Develop an RP for the LCMR projects: Focus on Oysters & Marine Mammals

Ongoing

• Continue restoration project implementation and monitoring

MississippiRestoration Area

• Committed approximately $134 million for projects and planning activities as of May 2019.

• The total allocation is $295 million. 46%

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• The Mississippi Trustee Implementation Group has initiated planning for two restoration plans:

o Draft Supplemental Restoration Plan: Grand Bay Land Acquisition and Habitat Management.

o Restoration Plan/Environmental Assessment II (Restoration Plan II).

• The State of Mississippi acquired ~1,500 acres of habitat in the Grand Bay project area in December 2018.

• Started habitat management projects, including prescribed fire.

• Began baseline monitoring, including vegetation and birds.

• Evaluating additional land acquisition and management opportunities.

• Release for public comment:• Draft Supplemental Restoration Plan - Grand Bay Land

Acquisition and Habitat Management. • Draft Restoration Plan/Environmental Assessment II

(Restoration Plan II).

• Continue restoration early and post-settlement project implementation and monitoring.

• Annual Meeting and Mississippi Restoration Summit, November 12, 2019.

TexasRestoration Area

• Committed approximately $107 million for projects and planning activities as of May 2019

• The total allocation is $238 million

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Implementation• Early restoration projects with focus on sea turtles

Land Acquisitions – Complete or Anticipated• Follets Island Coastal Management Area • Laguna-Atascosa NWR• Mid-Coast NWR Complex

Planning• McFaddin beach ridge restoration, which leverages

funding from NRDA, NFWF, RESTORE, and USFWS

TX TIG took a landscape approach to selecting restoration projects using NFWF, RESTORE, and DWH NRDA funds

Complete Planning/Engineering/Design • Water Quality (Nutrient Reduction)• Oysters• Beneficial Use of Dredged Materials

• Continued implementation and monitoring of projects from early restoration and the 2017 Restoration Plan

• Planning a public meeting in the fall

Open OceanRestoration Area

• Committed approximately $85 million for projects and planning activities as of May 2019.

• The total allocation is $1.2 billion.

• Completed the Gulf Islands National Seashore Ferry Project

• Continued to implement and monitor four Early Restoration projects

• Finalized Restoration Plan 1 for birds and sturgeon

• Released Draft Restoration Plan 2 for public comment

• Released the OO TIG’s Monitoring & Adaptive Management (MAM) Strategy

• Held public outreach and engagement opportunities – MAM Workshop (Feb.) and MAM Forum (June)

• Pilot in 2017; full implementation in 2018 and 2019. • 27 participants in Florida and Louisiana.

Credit: Jay Fleming

• Partnering with pelagic longline fishermen; restoring tuna, billfish, other species.

• Participants voluntarily refrain from PLL fishing for six-months.

• Provided with alternative gear that reduces bycatch.

• Continue implementation and monitoring of four Early Restoration projects.

• Begin implementation of three projects selected in Restoration Plan 1.

• Collect and consider comments to finalize Restoration Plan 2 .

• Develop priorities for addressing Open Ocean Monitoring and Adaptive Management needs.

Region-wideRestoration Area

• Committed approximately $42 million for projects and planning activities as of May 2019.

• The total allocation is $350 million.

• Developed scope and schedule of upcoming restoration planning efforts for sea turtles, marine mammals, birds, and oysters.

• Continued implementation and monitoring of Early Restoration projects.

Region-wide portion of 10-year project; $25 million:

• Enhances Sea Turtle Stranding & Salvage Network, develops emergency response program.

• Shrimp trawl bycatch reduction:• Two new Gear Monitoring

Teams.• 572 more shrimp trawl fishery

observer days over two years.

• Initiate restoration planning for sea turtles, birds, marine mammals, and oysters.

• Continue implementation and monitoring of Early Restoration projects.

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